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GATE Filed Jan. 28, 1930 2 sheets-sheet 1 fhq QM/ b n Y wf Oct. 13,1931. J. w. STREET GATE Filed Jan. 28', 1930 2 Sheets-Sheet 2@ttor/naja.

' changes in the precise embodiment of the- Patented oct. l13, `1931JOHN w; STREET, or LI'TCHFIELI), ILLINOIS, AssIGNoR TosrImEI GATEoo.,for

. LITCHFIELD, ILLINOIS GATE f f, e Application filed Januaryl'28, 1930.l Serial No. 424,004. A

Thisy invention relates to a gate. Onek of its objects is to providesimple and efficient means whereby thegate canbe unlocked and 'fw swungopen infeither directionby aperson 5 approaching4 it from either sideinva vehicle. Another vrobject is to provide the gate with a latchwhichcannot be lifted by live stock and which will operate with equalvefliciency ,g3 whether the, gate be closed from one side or 10 theother. ,y n, 5 A further object is to provide operating mechanism formedof few parts, which will not easily get out n, efi'ciently under allconditions. e 15 With the yforegoing and other objects in view whichwill appear vasthe description proceeds, Vthe invention resides' inthe'com-V hina-tion and arrangement of parts and in the details ofconstruction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood thatinvention herein disclosedmay be made within the scope of what isclaimed without departing from the spirit cf the invention.'

In the accompanying drawings the preferred form of the invention hasbeen shown.

In said drawings, Figure 1 is a front elevation of the gate in itsclosed position. f

VFigure 2 is atop plan view thereof.

Figure 3 is an enlarged view partly in elevation and partly insection'showing the upper portion ofthe hinge end of the gate and theparts associated therewith.

Figure e is a section on line 477-4, Figure 3. Figure 5 is a vertical`section through the central portion of the gate actuatingy mechanismsupported above the hinge end of the gate. j v l Figure 6 is a verticalsection through the latch end of the gate and the keepers cooperatingtherewith.

Figure 7' is a section yon line 7;. 77 Figure 6 e t l e u s directionsas indicated at 27 so as tovshde within the respective Slots 25t n n yFigure 8 is a perspective view of the members of one of the keepers, thesame being shown separated.

Referring to the igures by characters of reference, 1 designates a gateofv any preferred rigid construction provided at oneend with anextension 2 at the top thereof and la of order, and will operate lowerbracket 3.x The bracket is adapted tojlit onv a pintle 4 extendingupwardly from an arm 5 which is secured to and extends from a post 6. l`l f Another varm 7 is extended from the upper portion of the post andmerges into an clon;- gated pintle 8 on 'which a sleeve 9 is mounted..

UNITED STATI-:s PATENT OFFICE-'75 This s leeve'is extended throughaplate 10 u which is secured on the extension 32,: Vthere beingvanvupwardly extending arm -11 on" the .plate vwhich merges Into an upperplate 121 through which thesleeve 9 extends. 1

,To the plate 12 is bolted a disk 13 on which is rotatably mountedv adrumll which, as shown, has an .annular groove or depressiony 15. Radialarms 16 are i-xedly secured to` the upperend of thepintle and eachfarmhas a guide 17, preferably in the formof an eye, depending therefrom. 4

. Secured. totheA grooved periphery of the drum are pairs of actuatingropes 18 and 19. The yropes of one pair are extended through theguides17 and thence throughy suitable guides 20 arranged in pairs. Theseguides3 2O yare carried byfarms21extending laterally from post 22 locatedbeyond opposite sides ofk thevpost 6. l As each' rope 18` is wrappedabout drum 14 in a directionnopposite to the rope119 paired therewith,it will be apparent that by pullingon rope 18u at one side of the gatethegate will be rotatedaway from the gate will beswun'g 4toward theoperator Thiszaction is due tothe factthatdrum 111v to which Ythe `ropesare attached "is i fixepdly connected to plate 12 which, inturn,is.fixedly attached tothe gate.,

Secured to the. latch end of thel'gateat the top and bottom thereof areguide' plates23 r,

and 24 each of which has'a slot 25. `A latch bar 26l is extendedupwardly within the'gate close to theV latch `end thereof' and has itsupper and lower ends inclined in opposite s operator, while pulling onthe rope 19 the ly toward the end of the gate. Tongues 29 are secured tothe upper and lower portions of the bar and extend through slots 30formed in the end of the gate. rllhese slots serve to guide the tongueswhich are free to move upwardly and downwardly and inwardly andoutwardly relative to the gate.

An actuating cable 31 is attached tothe bar 26 and is inclined upwardlytherefrom to a guide sheave 32 or the like carried byv the gate andthence rearwardly within the gate to another guide sheave 33 from whichit is extended upwardly to a point 34 where it is connected to upwardlydiverging' flexible members 35. These are attached to ears 36 extendingin opposite directions from the lower portion of the drum atdiametricallv opposed points as shown particularly in Figure 4.

Each of the tongues 29 is provided with a keeper of novel construction.These keepers are adapted to be mounted on latch post 37. Each keeperincludes a base plate 38 having upper and lower extensions 39 and sideflan vges 40. y

Pivotally mounted between the extensions 39 at the respective sides ofthe keeper base 38 are movable keeper members 4l each ot which isangular in cross section and has pintles i-2 extending from the ends ofthe angle portions and journaled in the extensions 39. Spring 43 isinterposed between the flanges 40 and has its ends attached to theoutwardly extending Hanges i4 of the movable keeper members so as tohold them normally pressed yieldingly against the stop flanges 40 asshown inv Figure 7. Thus the movable keeper members are held normallyextended in the path of the adiacent tongue 29 so that when the tongueis extended between members 4l as shown in Figure 7 it will be heldagainst the free movement necessary to permit the gate t-o swing open.

As heretofore pointed out when either of the ropes 18 is pulled thedrumV 14 will be caused to rotate so as to swine' the gate toward theoperator. Before the swinging action begins, however', the drum will berotated a short distance on the pintle 8, this movement being sufficientto pull through one of the connections 35 upon the cable 3l so asthereby to pull upwardly and backwardly on bar 26 and cause the tongues29 to be withdrawn from between the movable keeper members. Immediatelyfollowing the withdrawal of these tongues the gate will begin to swingopen. When it is desired to close the gate the operator pulls on eitherot' the ropes 19 whereupon the gate will be swung in the op-r positedirection. After the gate starts to move with sufficient momentum tocarry it to closed position, the rope is released and spring 28 willmove the tongues 39 to their normal or extended positions so that theywill strike against the near members 4l `and cause them to swingbackwardly to allow the tongues to pass. The tongues will thus comeagainst the opposed or far members il and be stopped. By that time themoved members' will have been returned by spring 38 to their normalpositions so that the tongues will be held vbetween the movable keepermembers and the gate secured in closed position.

What is claimed is:

The combination with a gate having an extension, of a pintle, a sleeveon the pintle, fixedly connecte-d superposed plates secured .on theextension, said pintle and sleeve being` positioned within the extensionand plates, a disk mounted on the sleeve and secured ixedly to the upperplate, a drum mounted for rotation on the disk, iexible latch operating`connections between diametrically opposed portionsof the drum and thegate, fixed structure mounted on the pintle and clamped against thesleeve, guides carried by said structure, and flexible operating devicesextending through the respective guides and partly around and secured tothe drum, said latch operating connections constituting means fortransmitting motion from the drum to the gate.

ln testimony that l claim the foregoing as my own, l have hereto affixedmy signature.

JOHN W. STREET.

